--- title: Trip Advisor 2015 List of Best Beaches description: According to TripAdvisor's 2015 ranking canonical: https://time.com/3713884/tripadvisor-best-beaches-2015/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-18T19:45:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:58.854Z og:title: This is the best beach in the world og:description: According to TripAdvisor's 2015 ranking og:url: https://time.com/3713884/tripadvisor-best-beaches-2015/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This is the best beach in the world twitter:description: According to TripAdvisor's 2015 ranking twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is the Best Beach in America  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 18, 2015 7:45 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 18, 2015 7:45 PM UTC As temperatures [drop](http://www.weather.com/storms/winter/news/arctic-coldest-this-winter-season-northeast) below freezing stateside, travel website TripAdvisor has released its [2015 ranking](http://www.tripadvisor.com/PressCenter-i7112-c1-Press%5FReleases.html) of the best beaches in the United States and abroad. The list is determined by the quantity and quality of user reviewers and ratings posted on TripAdvisor over the last 12 months. In America, it’s no surprise that Florida and Hawaii dominate the list: 1. Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Florida 2. Saint Pete Beach, Saint Pete Beach, Florida 3. Ka’anapali Beach, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii 4. Wai’anapanapa State Park, Hana, Maui, Hawaii 5. Pensacola Beach, Pensacola Beach, Florida 6. La Jolla Cove, La Jolla, California 7. Kailua Beach Park, Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii 8. Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, Florida 9. St. Augustine Beach, Saint Augustine, Florida 10. Beach at Panama City, Panama City Beach, Florida Outside of the United States: 1\. Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil 2\. Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos 3\. Rabbit Beach, Lampedusa, Italy 4\. Playa Paraiso Beach, Cayo Largo, Cuba 5\. Playa de Ses Illetes, Formentera, Spain 6\. Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles 7\. White Beach, Boracay, Philippines 8\. Flamenco Beach, Culebra, Puerto Rico 9\. Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia 10\. Elafonissi Beach, Elafonissi, Greece ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3713884/tripadvisor-best-beaches-2015/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3713884/tripadvisor-best-beaches-2015/"},"headline":"This Is the Best Beach in America","datePublished":"2015-02-18T19:45:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:58.854Z","description":"According to TripAdvisor's 2015 ranking","url":"https://time.com/3713884/tripadvisor-best-beaches-2015/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3713884/tripadvisor-best-beaches-2015/","name":"This Is the Best Beach in America"}}]}] ```